Wheeled toy



April 7, 1925.

E. H. PARKE WHEELED TOY 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 26 1 23 EH glvwcul oz April 7, 1925. 1,532,339

E. H. PARKE WHEELED TOY Filed Feb. 26, 19 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 7, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT err-ice.

EDWARD H. PARKE, OF FINDLAY, OHIO.

WHEELED 'roY.

Application filed February 26, 1923. Serial No. 621,248.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD Ht PARKE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Findlay, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Wheeled Toy, of which thefollowing is a specification. 1

This invention relates to toys and more particularly to wheeled toys.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheaply constructed toy for amusing small children. With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section with parts broken out of the toy embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is atop plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation.

Fig. f is a detail sectional view showing the connection of the axle with one wall.

Fig. 5 is a face view of a central portion of one wheel with the slits shown therein which form the opening for the axle.

Fig. 6 is an end elevation showing a portion of one wheel and its connection with the axle.

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view of the upper portion of the bell.

Fig. 8 is a similar view takenin a plane at right angles to Fig. 7.

The toy constituting this invention coinprises a pair of wheels 1 and 2 fixedly con.- nected with an axle 3 whichis preferably made of wood and inserted through the central portions of the wheels and secured thereto by means presently to be described. These wheels 1 and 2 are made in the form of sheet metal disks preferably of tin and are slit obliquely at their central portions as shown at 4 to provide triangular ears 5 which are bent outwardly at right angles to the body of the disk as shown clearly in Figs. 6 and through which fastening elements 6 are designed to pass and enter the axle 3 for securing the wheel to the axle as is shown clearly in Figs. 4 and 6.

The wheels are preferably provided at their peripheries with outwardly extending lateral flanges 7 which form the treads of the wheels being made integral with the disks greatly'cheapen the construction of the wheels.

Extended through the axle 3 near the ends thereof are two pins 8 and 9 arranged in planes at right angles to each other and which project at their opposite ends some distance beyond the axle and are designed for a purpose presently to be described.

A. bell supporting bracket 10 and a rod or tongue 11 are formed from a single piece of heavy wire bent intermediate its ends to form the bracket 10 which is U-shaped and the legs of which are wound loosely around the axle as shown at 12, the axle site directions and looped as shownat 18 and 19 to form a hand grip. This handle is designed for pushing or pulling the toy over the'floor and may be of any desired length, being here shown bent at an obtuse angle at its junction with the members 15 and 16.

A sound producing device 20, here shown in'the form of a bell is'suspen ded from the cross bar 10 of the bracket 10, being loosely mounted thereon by means of a wire 21 which is coiled around said crossbar, the central portion of said wire midway the cross bar, being looped as shown at 22 and said bar extended at right angles to the body portion of the wire and threaded through apertures 24 in a block 23 carried by the upper portion of the bell and whereby said bell is connected with a wire so that when p of the rods or pins 8 and 9 carried by the axle 3 so that when the toy is drawn over the floor, the turning of the wheels turns also the axle causing these. pins to alternately engage the ends or fingers'fi and 27 and swing the bell.

Various changes in the fo rrn, shape,,proportion and other minor details of construction may be made without departing from i said ins wliereb the turnin of the axle will ring thebell.

2. Atoy of the class described comprising an axle having. wheels fixed thereto, pins extending radially from said axle, a U- shaped bracket having coiled portions in the legs thereof through which said axle extends; a bell, means loosely connecting the hell with the cross bar of said bracket to permit the bell to swing freely onsaid cross b'ar,,said. means including laterally extending fingers positionedin the path of the pins whereby turning of the axle will engage these fingers and ring the belli 3. n. toy of the class described comprising an axle having wheels fixed'thereto, pins extending, radially from said axle, a U- shaped bracltet having, coiled portions. in the legs thereof through which said axle. extends,..a bell, means loosely connecting the b'ell' withtlie cross bar of said bracket to permitithebell to swing freely on said cross bar, said means including, laterally extending fingers. positioned in the path of the pins whereby turning of" the axle. will engage these lingers and ring the bell, the legs of saidbracket being extended in a plane at right angles to form a handle 1ne1n ber connected with the coiled portion. of said bracket.

4:. In a toy of the class described, an axle having wheels fixed thereto, a combined bell supportingbracket andlhandle composed of a piece of heavy wire bent midway its ends to form a U-shaped bracket having coils in the legs thereof through which the axle loosely extends, the members of said wire extending at right angles from said coils and converging outwardly, said converging ends being'twisted-together and provided at their terminals with laterally extending loops to form a hand grip,.abell suspended to. swing freely from said. bracket and cooperating bell+ringing means carried by the bell and the axle operable on' the turning of the axle to ringithe bell.

5. In" atoy of the class described, an axle having wheels fixed thereto, a combined bell supportingbracket and handle" composed of to form a U-shapedbracket having coils in the legs thereof through which the axle loosely extends, the members: of said wire extending at right angles from said coils and converging outwardly, said con erging ends being twisted together and provided at their'terniinals with laterally extending loops to form a hand grip, a bell suspended to swing freely from said bracket, a wire wound loosely around the cross bars'of'said bracket, a' bell depending from and fixedly connected with said wires, the endsof the wire being deflected inwardlyand extended laterally to form. lingers, and radial elements extending, fromsaid axle in position to engage said lingers to ring'the bell on the turning of the axle.

6. A toy of the class. described, comprising a wheel supported structure including a wooden axle and disk-like wheels having central openings provided with laterally extending ears, and means. for fixedly connecting saidearsto the ends of the axle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the'presen'ce of twowitnesses.

EDXVARD H. PARKE.

Witnesses:

GAIL BLAoKroRn, F; P; BLACKFORD.

a niece of heavy wire bent mi'dway'its ends 

